Heinz Kohut

Question 1

the closer an insult comes to your self-worth, the more it hurts

Answer 1

Narcissistic Wound

Question 2

the inability to see from someone else’s perspective

Answer 2

Primary Narcissism

Question 3

our need to be mirrored or empathized with

Answer 3

Grandiose Self

Question 4

rewarding approximations to get a desired behavior

Answer 4

Transmuting Internalizations

Question 5

an idealized version of what is possible

Answer 5

Idealized Parent Selfobject

Question 6

the need to mirror someone else

Answer 6

Idealizing Self

Question 7

balancing act of the grandiose self and the idealizing self

Answer 7

Nuclear Self

Question 8

lack of an empathic mirror causes boredom ex) drugs, risky behaviors, sex

Answer 8

Understimulated Self

Question 9

comes from a humiliation when vulnerable ex) anxiety, conversion disorders

Answer 9

Fragmenting Self

Question 10

too much empathic mirroring when young ex) shyness, depression

Answer 10

Overstimulated Self

Question 11

the optimal frustrations were impaired in some way ex) always on edge

Answer 11

Overburdened Self

Question 12

attention-seeking, classic narcissism

Answer 12

Mirror-Hungry Behavior

Question 13

putting someone on a pedestal

Answer 13

Ideal-Hungry Behavior

Question 14

getting people to agree with you

Answer 14

Alter-Ego-Hungry Behavior

Question 15

wanting to become like an ideal person and the lines blur

Answer 15

Merger-Hungry Behavior

Question 16

removes themselves from civilization

Answer 16

Contact-Shunning Behavior

Question 17

real people

Answer 17

External Objects

Question 18

mental representations of people

Answer 18

Internal Objects

Question 19

the individual experiences internal objects as an integral sense of self

Answer 19

Self-Objects

Question 20

a yearning to be admired and have an impact on others

Answer 20

Need to be Mirrored

Question 21

the child’s unrealistic grandiosity and exhibitionism must be modified by gradual frustrations accompanied by loving support

Answer 21

Optimal Frustration

Question 22

the degree of integration, coherence, and vitality of the nuclear self

Answer 22

Cohesive Self

Question 23

the epitome of mental health

Answer 23

Autonomous Self

Question 24

psyche is reacting to a disturbing change in the condition of the self

Answer 24

Self-State Dreams

Question 25

the patient faces the traumatic memories again and reexperiences and slowly relinquishes the infantile wishes

Answer 25

Working Through

Question 26

patients relive early experiences in which their mom or dad failed to mirror them and seek to be validated by the therapist’s approval

Answer 26

Mirror Transference

Question 27

see the therapist as an admired and powerful figure who’ll protect and help them

Answer 27

Idealizing Transference

Question 28

they seek from the therapist the comfort and acceptance that their own parents failed to provide

Answer 28

Alter-Ego Transference